# The Magdalen Arms: Agent-Direct Score D (50.8%)

Site: https://www.magdalenarms.co.uk/
Report: https://directindex.org/r/magdalenarms.co.uk
Scanned: 2026-10-24 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
The Magdalen Arms is hard for agents to use.
Some AI assistants are turned away by The Magdalen Arms's website. It can read what The Magdalen Arms offers. It finds a way to book or order directly, through Resy.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://widgets.resy.com/embed.js (through resy acting for the business)
- Menu: https://www.magdalenarms.co.uk//page/Menus
- Phone: +441865243159
- Address: Iffley Road 243 OX4 1SJ Oxford
- Hours, from OpenStreetMap: Mon closed; Tue–Thu 10:00–22:00; Fri–Sat 10:00–23:00; Sun 10:00–21:00
- Its menu mentions: a lunch or set menu
- Outdoor seating (OpenStreetMap)

## Nearby, also direct
Places near The Magdalen Arms that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- The Missing Bean Roastery Café (70 m): https://directindex.org/r/themissingbean.co.uk
- The Chester Arms (280 m): https://directindex.org/r/chesterarmsoxford.co.uk

## What to fix first
- **No structured data for the business.** (+14 points) Add schema.org JSON-LD for the business (CafeOrCoffeeShop, BarOrPub or the closest type, with name, address, telephone and openingHoursSpecification, plus servesCuisine). Every assistant reads this block first, and the fix kit below has it filled in. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/structured-data-restaurant
- **The server turns AI crawlers away at the door.** (+10 points) Requests as GPTBot (http_403), ClaudeBot (http_403), PerplexityBot (http_403) were refused, but a normal browser got the page. That's usually a bot list at the host or in a firewall that the owner never chose. Ask the host to allow these user agents. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing
- **No llms.txt.** (no points, but worth doing) Optional for now and cheap to add. It's a short text file that describes the business for language models. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/llms-txt-for-a-business

## Fix kit: What to paste

Structured data (JSON-LD). Paste it as one block in the page's head, or in the builder's custom code box. Change anything that's wrong.

```html
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "BarOrPub",
  "name": "The Magdalen Arms",
  "url": "https://www.magdalenarms.co.uk/",
  "telephone": "+441865243159",
  "email": "info@magdalenarms.co.uk",
  "address": {
    "@type": "PostalAddress",
    "streetAddress": "Iffley Road 243",
    "postalCode": "OX4 1SJ",
    "addressLocality": "Oxford"
  },
  "geo": {
    "@type": "GeoCoordinates",
    "latitude": 51.7412813,
    "longitude": -1.2366768
  },
  "openingHours": "Tu-Th 10:00-22:00; Fr-Sa 10:00-23:00; Su 10:00-21:00",
  "openingHoursSpecification": [
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Tuesday",
        "Wednesday",
        "Thursday"
      ],
      "opens": "10:00",
      "closes": "22:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Friday",
        "Saturday"
      ],
      "opens": "10:00",
      "closes": "23:00"
    },
    {
      "@type": "OpeningHoursSpecification",
      "dayOfWeek": [
        "Sunday"
      ],
      "opens": "10:00",
      "closes": "21:00"
    }
  ],
  "acceptsReservations": "https://widgets.resy.com/embed.js",
  "hasMenu": "https://www.magdalenarms.co.uk//page/Menus",
  "potentialAction": [
    {
      "@type": "ReserveAction",
      "target": {
        "@type": "EntryPoint",
        "urlTemplate": "https://widgets.resy.com/embed.js",
        "actionPlatform": [
          "http://schema.org/DesktopWebPlatform",
          "http://schema.org/MobileWebPlatform"
        ]
      },
      "result": {
        "@type": "Reservation",
        "name": "Reservation"
      }
    }
  ]
}
</script>
```

llms.txt. Save as /llms.txt at the root of the site.

```
# The Magdalen Arms

> bar or pub in Iffley Road 243 OX4 1SJ Oxford, Oxford cafes and bars. Phone +441865243159.

## Book or order directly

- Book: https://widgets.resy.com/embed.js (through resy acting for the business)
- Menu: https://www.magdalenarms.co.uk//page/Menus

## Opening hours

Tu-Th 10:00-22:00; Fr-Sa 10:00-23:00; Su 10:00-21:00

## About

- Website: https://www.magdalenarms.co.uk/
- This file follows llms.txt (https://llmstxt.org): a short plain-text description for language models.
```

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** No rule blocks the main AI user agents.
- **Menu or price list is an HTML page.** Agents can read the items and prices.
- **Booking through resy on your own domain.** There's no marketplace commission, and the customer stays yours.
- **Resy works with agents through its partners.** Resy's terms (9 June 2025) bar automated software that crawls, harvests or scrapes the service and require written consent for other automated use; Resy opened bookings inside ChatGPT on 10 August 2026. Terms read on 2026-10-15: https://resy.com/terms. An assistant that isn't a partner may not be able to finish there. A direct path on your own domain works for all of them.

## Where it stands
Not ranked yet in Oxford cafes and bars.

| What the top 10% of the index does | Top 10% | This site |
|---|---|---|
| Take bookings or orders on their own domain | 100% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 89% | yes |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 100% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 72% | no |
| Have an llms.txt | 50% | no |

Nearest places in the index: The Missing Bean Roastery Café (A, 68 m, https://directindex.org/r/themissingbean.co.uk); Green Routes (F, 185 m, https://directindex.org/r/routescoffee.co.uk); The Chester Arms (B, 275 m, https://directindex.org/r/chesterarmsoxford.co.uk); Chaiiwala (F, 602 m, https://directindex.org/r/chaiiwala.co.uk); The Library (F, 653 m, https://directindex.org/r/thelibrarypuboxford.com); Love Coffee Co. (F, 660 m, https://directindex.org/r/lovecoffeeco.uk); Rowing Club Bar & Cafe (D, 725 m, https://directindex.org/r/oxfordrowingclub.org.uk); OCA Community Cafe (D, 727 m, https://directindex.org/r/oxfordcommunityaction.org); BMAN Brewery and Taproom (D, 728 m, https://directindex.org/r/bmanbrewery.co.uk); Clifftop Cafe (F, 728 m, https://directindex.org/r/gallerybouldering.co.uk).

## What assistants answer
The assistants haven't been asked about this business yet. They're asked about the top-ranked businesses in each city index, and about any business as soon as it's claimed. Claim this page to be included.

The assistants were asked 12 everyday questions about Oxford cafes and bars and named 47 places. The Magdalen Arms wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/oxford-cafes-bars/recommended


Compared with its peers: Sites built with Squarespace 61% (41% A or B, 33756 sites); Sites using Resy 67% (44% A or B, 2836 sites); This site 50.8%.

See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/magdalenarms.co.uk/agent-view

## Businesses like The Magdalen Arms in Oxford cafes and bars

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sites built with Squarespace in Oxford cafes and bars | 19 | 61% | 42% | 50.8% |
| Sites using Resy in Oxford cafes and bars | 1 | 51% | 0% | 50.8% |
| Sites built with Squarespace and using Resy in Oxford cafes and bars | 1 | 51% | 0% | 50.8% |

The best of the sites built with Squarespace in Oxford cafes and bars: Aromi (A 90.8%, https://directindex.org/r/aromi.co.uk); Love Jericho (A 89.2%, https://directindex.org/r/lovejericho-oxford.co.uk); The Porterhouse (B 84.6%, https://directindex.org/r/theporterhouse-oxford.com); The Oxford Retreat (B 83.1%, https://directindex.org/r/theoxfordretreat.com); Raoul's (B 78.5%, https://directindex.org/r/raoulsbar.com).

## The direct record
What agents get for The Magdalen Arms, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/magdalenarms.co.uk
- Book: https://widgets.resy.com/embed.js (vendor on own site: Resy; found by the scan of 2026-10-24, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: https://www.magdalenarms.co.uk//page/Menus (html_page; from the scan)
- Hours: Tu-Th 10:00-22:00; Fr-Sa 10:00-23:00; Su 10:00-21:00 (open now) (from OpenStreetMap)
- Phone: +441865243159
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/magdalenarms.co.uk/book, https://directindex.org/go/magdalenarms.co.uk/menu

## Can an agent transact?
Measured, not scored (the score stays at spec v1.0).
- UCP profile (/.well-known/ucp, Google and Shopify's Universal Commerce Protocol): no
- ACP discovery document (/.well-known/acp.json, OpenAI and Stripe's Agentic Commerce Protocol): no
- MCP server card (/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json): no
- Ordering vendor that takes agent orders (Square, Toast, or a vendor whose terms allow agents): no
- Vendor terms for agents, Resy: Through partners. Resy's terms (9 June 2025) bar automated software that crawls, harvests or scrapes the service and require written consent for other automated use; Resy opened bookings inside ChatGPT on 10 August 2026. Read 2026-10-15: https://resy.com/terms

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 15 | 25 |
| Readable | 8 | 25 |
| Actionable | 10 | 15 (the action test: pending) |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Level 0 of 5, Not Ready. Cloudflare's report: https://isitagentready.com/magdalenarms.co.uk
- Link headers on the homepage: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/link-headers/SKILL.md)
- sitemap.xml: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/sitemap/SKILL.md)
- AI bot rules in robots.txt: yes
- Content Signals in robots.txt: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/content-signals/SKILL.md)
- Markdown on Accept: text/markdown: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/markdown-negotiation/SKILL.md)
- llms.txt: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/llms-txt/SKILL.md)
- API catalog (RFC 9727): no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/api-catalog/SKILL.md)
- MCP server card: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/mcp-server-card/SKILL.md)
- A2A agent card: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/a2a-agent-card/SKILL.md)
- Agent Skills index: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/agent-skills/SKILL.md)
- OAuth or OIDC discovery: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/oauth-discovery/SKILL.md)
- OAuth protected resource metadata: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/oauth-protected-resource/SKILL.md)
- auth.md: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/auth-md/SKILL.md)
- Web Bot Auth key directory: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/web-bot-auth/SKILL.md)
- ARD capability manifest: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/ard/SKILL.md)
- DNS-AID records: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/dns-aid/SKILL.md)
- WebMCP tools on the page: no (how: https://isitagentready.com/.well-known/agent-skills/webmcp/SKILL.md)
- JSON-LD for the business: no

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/magdalenarms.co.uk/plan): the assistants are asked again every month, and you see what changed. 2 EUR a month or 19 EUR a year.
Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/magdalenarms.co.uk/deep. Ten questions phrased the way people ask them, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF. 5 EUR, paid once. Reading and scanning stay free. These few euros pay for the questions sent to the assistants and for the servers.
Methodology: https://directindex.org/methodology · Rescan now: https://directindex.org/scan?url=magdalenarms.co.uk&force=1